Help to Buy Blog Archive

The government’s Help To Buy Scheme is drawing to a close, but there’s still time to apply and reserve your home! Help To Buy is a government backed scheme designed to help first time buyers on to the property ladder. It effectively allows eligible first time buyers to secure their new home with a 5% deposit and a smaller mor… Read More

Our shared ownership experts David Beaken and Beth Furnell from our East Sussex New Homes office, will be hosting a shared ownership workshop at one of Lewes’ most exciting new homes developments - Atelier. Starting from 10am and running until 2pm on September 18th, this workshop is your chance to explore the show home at Atelier and to find… Read More

If you’re looking for a new build home in Brighton and Hove and the surrounding areas, whether it’s a second stopover, forever home or a first-time-buy, we can help you find something special. Read More

Who is the proposed First Home discount for and who will profit from it?  Read More

Here's an outline of our (surprisingly good) first-hand experience of the UK housing market this year, and what we're looking forward to in 2020 Read More

2020 could be the year you reach your property ladder goals with some of these helpful pointers Read More

More of the women surveyed than men said they would choose owning a home over a wedding. Only a small percentage of the respondents were sticklers for romance and would pick a wedding first – 3.9%. Read More

We have a host of new build properties available in our current residential sales portfolio, and aside from the added benefit of new build guarantees as mentioned in our last blog, many of these properties also have the added bonus of giving you a helping hand financially by qualifying for the government-funded Help to Buy Equity Loan. This scheme is… Read More

Last weekend was a very busy weekend for the Oakley teams at our Lewes and Shoreham branches as was the end of April. We have recently held no less than three New Homes launch events, for some fantastic new developments across Sussex. The Waterfront, Shoreham As expected the launch of The Waterfront in Shoreham at Ropetackle Arts Centre in April… Read More